City Park Players

Familiar faces take on new positions.

When you visit City Park Players in 2007, you will visit two smiling faces-familiar faces-faces you have seen before. These are the faces of two friends, friends of the community and friends of the theatre.

These smiling friends are Terri Febuary, Managing Director of City Park Players, Central LA Community Theatre and Assistant Managing Director, Diane Falcone.

Terri and Diane have a long history with City Park Players as actresses, crew members, front of house volunteering, and years of on-the-job-training.

Terri has been associated with the Community Theatre since the end of 1996. In 2000, she began working as Box office Manager with then Managing Director, Wanda Schenk.

In August of 2003, Terri took up another passion, playwriting. She has written a number of plays. Four of her short plays were performed during the annual summer New Plays Festivals produced by Spectral Sisters Productions, Inc.(SSP) She is a regular attendee of the annual playwriting workshops offered by SSP. Recently, Terri participated as a panelist for the SWTFA (Southwestern Theatre & Film Association) workshop lead by Tammy Killian.

Terri wrote and produced "Village on the Red- an embellished historical play", which premiered in April 2006. Village on the Red was written to celebrate the bicentennial of Alexandria, LA. February 8-11, 2007, the play will be performed at the Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center. It will be open to the public and free of charge.

Mrs. Febuary has been on stage with CPP in "Barefoot in the Park", "The Wedding Band", "The Cemetery Club", "Odd Couple-the Female version." and others. At Theatre Louisiana College, she played the role of "Mattie" in a staged reading of, "Walking Across Egypt". She was also involved with the Spectral Sisters 10 Minute Play Festivals as an actress and as director.

She is a member of the Dramatist's Guild of America, the International Center for Women Playwrights (ICWP), where she is a member of the Granting Committee and a new contributor for the Christian Women's Leadership Magazine, "The Wall". Locally, she is a member of the Garden District Association; she is on the Board of Directors for Spectral Sisters Productions, and a member of Grace Church.

In 2005, Terri returned as part-time office personnel at City Park Players. She also worked part-time with the Arts Council as Assistant House Manger and Assistant Box Office Manager for the many and varied productions and functions at the Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center.

She has three grown children, one grandchild and owns "Pro-draft" with husband Richard, with whom she has been married 35 years.

Diane Falcone has been performing and directing for a number of years. She attended Lee Strasborg Institute of Acting in New York City. Not long after she moved to Alexandria with her husband, Pete Falcone, her enthusiastic involvement with City Park Players brought her talent to every aspect of play production.

Her acting credits with City Park Players are extensive. Some of the plays, Much Ado About Nothing, Grease, Glass Menagerie, Little Shop of Horrors, A Christmas Carol, Cemetery Club and Moon Over Buffalo are a few of the many and varied shows the community has seen her perform on the Bringhurst stage. She performed a number of plays with LSUA's Empty Space Players and was double cast in the premiere production of, Village on the Red, in April of 2006.

Between 1996 and 1998, Diane taught as the Drama Director for Grace Christian School. While there, she directed, Meet Me in St. Louis and Pride and Prejudice. In 2000, she directed, Talking With... an "Extra Show" for CPP. She also directed Byron Marshall's short play, Third Class Rail, for Spectral Sister's Productions the summer of 2005. Recently, Family Playhouse commissioned Diane to direct the 2007 spring musical, Oliver.

Her involvement with Grace Church has given her opportunity to share her abilities. She was responsible for organizing and producing a two day women's seminar.

Besides the duties of Assistant Managing Director, Diane tutors acting to young people, assists her husband in his catering business, Falcone's Table, and continues to raise the youngest of their five children.

The City Park Players 2007 Season Membership Brochure is available today. Call or email your contact information to receive the brochure.

Phone #: 318-442-1800

Fax#: 318-442-1876

email#: cparkplayers@bellsouth.net

Or go to our website at: www.cityparkplayers.org

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Winners of Munchkin House Raffle-special story

John & Diane Cain

Winners of the City Park Players

Munchkin House Raffle

December 18, 2006 the name was picked for the special one time only, raffle for the playhouse that was used on stage for the musical "The Wizard of Oz". It was in the Munchkinland scene.

The winner of the drawing was Mr. & Mrs. John Cain of Boyce, Louisiana. Followng is the story as sent out by email the day the received the playhouse.

"Although we did not make our goal for the Munchkin House Raffle, I have to say that the family who won is the most precious and deserving of anyone in Central Louisiana.

John & Diane Cain of Boyce, LA came to pick up the playhouse today. (I took a picture of them). They bought a ticket this past Friday night during the Family Playhouse show, "It's a Wonderful Life".

The following day, Saturday, their 10 year old grandson died of a rare virus called, MRSA.

Although they have 6 other grandchildren, the playhouse is to be a Christmas present for two little girls in their neighborhood whose father is in jail for 3-5 years. These children would not have a Christmas at all if not for the Cain's.

I think we can be proud that the spirit of Christmas is more than money, more than giving and receiving. It is love and compassion."

Later the same day, my husband saw the playhouse in the back of a truck. It pulled up to the Target Store the same time we did.

As the Cain's approached the front of the store where we were standing, I spoke with them again. Their smiles beamed cheerfully.

John Cain needed to find a place to wash his hands, because he had just finished changing a stranded woman's tire.

I called him "A Good Samaritan".

He said, "Well, she just looked so pitiful, I had to help her."

This is a story worth telling and retelling. This family living in the midst of tragedy gave of themselves to those in need. I was blessed to be a part of their lives, even for just a moment.

Terri Febuary